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Design and Graphics

Because Azusa Pacific University strives to convey a professional interface coupled with enjoyable user browsing, graphics should be optimized for a balance of quick downloads and quality presentation.
Neither bloated graphic files nor highly optimized files that look poor are appropriate for the website.

Graphics should be sized and cropped in a photo editing software program before
posting on a website. Only in rare cases should the presentation size of graphics
be adjusted by HTML, since this increases download time, slows rendering by
the Web browser, and degrades apparent photo quality.

Links to all graphics should include the “alt” attribute in the
image tag (<img>) to facilitate a better experience for visually impaired
website visitors. Where possible, the alt attribute should concisely describe
the photo and/or what the photo links to. This is particularly important for
graphics implemented for navigation. Graphics that are used as placeholders
or whose presence is considered nonessential should contain an empty
"alt" attribute in order for screen reader
software to skip the graphic.

Students, faculty, and staff creating personal or unofficial office pages should
not use graphics from the university website without permission.

No APU webpage shall contain copyrighted material without the author’s
or publisher’s written permission.